[For Seniors] Brighten up the rainy season! A collection of origami hydrangea ideas
Hydrangeas are popular flowers that add color to the rainy season.
This time, we’ll show you how to make hydrangeas with origami—a simple activity that even older adults can enjoy.
Using your hands is not only brain training for seniors, but it can also help maintain and improve concentration and memory.
Displaying the finished hydrangeas lets you savor the rainy season, too.
Since it can be hard to go outside during the rainy season, crafts are a great indoor recreation activity.
By all means, try it at adult day care centers and other senior facilities!
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[For Seniors] Brighten Up the Rainy Season! A Collection of Origami Hydrangea Ideas (1–10)
Just cut and paste—three-dimensional hydrangeas
Hydrangeas are soothing flowers that we often see during the rainy season, when there’s lots of rain.
Don’t you feel a little uplifted when you see hydrangeas blooming in vibrant colors in the rain? This time, let’s make a particularly eye-catching, three-dimensional hydrangea.
When you display it in your room, it’s so beautiful you might mistake it for the real thing.
Prepare some origami paper and cut it into small pieces.
Then cut several of them into flower shapes.
Roll up some flower paper and attach the flowers to it.
Since it’s just cutting and pasting, it’s easy for anyone to try.
Origami Hydrangea
Hydrangeas come in a rich array of colors, making them a delight to look at.
Even on the same plant, the color can vary from year to year, offering a once-in-a-lifetime kind of beauty.
They look gorgeous when wet with rain and pair perfectly with Japan’s gently rainy monsoon season.
Even on gloomy, rainy days, their charm makes you want to go outside for a walk just to see them.
Let’s make such hydrangeas with origami! It’s highly recommended because you can finish in no time by folding a few pieces of origami and layering them together.
A hydrangea ball bouquet made with origami and tissue paper
Hydrangeas made from tissue paper look very glamorous and really stand out.
Just displaying them in a room instantly brightens the space and brings a soothing presence.
First, prepare tissue paper, accordion-fold it, and secure it with a rubber band.
Then gently fluff open the tissue paper.
Even at this stage it looks like a beautiful hydrangea, but if you make small flowers from origami and attach them, it will look even prettier.
Next, prepare a clear file and cut it into raindrop shapes.
Combine everything together and you’ll have a stylish hydrangea ball bouquet.
[For Seniors] Brighten up the rainy season! A roundup of hydrangea origami ideas (11–20)
Gradient Hydrangea
To give your hydrangea origami a lovely finish, the paper’s pattern is important too.
On platforms like YouTube, you can even find downloadable origami paper, so be sure to take advantage of that.
The white circle in the center of the flower is easy to make—just roll a bit of tissue into a ball with glue on your fingers.
The flower itself is simple as well; one bloom is completed in just seven folds.
Once you’ve folded all the flowers, create a three-dimensional base for attaching them using tissue paper.
Attach the flowers from the outside, and you’re done.
Hydrangea wreath
Beautiful soft hues! Here are some ideas for hydrangea wreaths.
If you take a close look at hydrangea blossoms, you’ll notice that some flowers have vivid, solid colors, while others blend colors like a gradient.
This time, let’s try expressing those hydrangea characteristics using origami.
You’ll need twelve 7.5 cm squares of origami paper, six 7.5 cm squares of green origami paper for the leaves, tape, and glue.
Each flower is made with two sheets of origami paper, so using papers in similar shades will create a gradient-like effect!
Colorful hydrangea flower wreath
Let me introduce a hydrangea flower wreath made from origami.
All you need is glue, so it’s easy to prepare.
Once you’ve picked your favorite origami paper, attach a marker piece and keep folding while flipping the paper front and back.
It involves fine work with your fingertips, but that helps stimulate your brain.
Attach the finished flowers to each other and shape them into a wreath.
Be careful not to let them shift until the glue dries.
You can enjoy making them in sizes from small to large, and layering them makes the result even more beautiful.
Give it a try!
Simple hydrangea
When you think of the rainy season, do hydrangea flowers come to mind? Let’s try making hydrangeas out of origami, blooming beautifully in a gentle, steady rain.
There are many ways to fold hydrangeas, but here we’ll introduce an easy method that combines multiple parts.
We’ll fold the cluster of flowers and the leaf pieces.
Since there aren’t many complicated folds, it may be easy for older adults to work on as well.
Once you glue the parts together, it’s complete.
You can hang it on the wall, stick it on a calendar, and more—the possibilities expand with your ideas.
